Week of May 10 2008 - 7:00pm to May 17 2008 - 6:59pm

Derby to be featured on ESPN

Submitted by azdr on May 16, 2008 - 5:36pm.

According to Estro Jen on the Yahoo rollergirl list, a documentary on roller derby will air on ESPN this Sunday, May 18 at approximately 10:30AM (PT/ET) during SportsCenter and then will re-air at 11PM. We believe this is the same crew that came out to cover a Renegades event here in Phoenix earlier this year. A copy of ESPN's announcement follows:

Assassination City Roller Derby takes on Central Arkansas on May 17

Submitted by Trigger Mortis on May 15, 2008 - 4:27am.

Mesquite, TX --The lovely ladies of Assassination City Roller Derby
live fast. It's already time for the league's third
bout of the 2008 season on May 17!

Assassination City 's two veteran teams, Lone
Star Assassins and the Bombshell Brigade, will duke it
out in game one of the doubleheader, aptly titled
"Live Fast, Die Pretty!"

The bout also marks the season debut of the Deadly
Kennedys, last year's intraleague champs. The team
returns this season with a roster full of rookies,
including Bullet Proof Dee Cup, Sloane Gunman and
Sweet Ass Candy. The Deadly Kennedys will take on

AZDD: Beauties and Brides win their bouts oh my!

Submitted by azdr on May 14, 2008 - 12:34am.

A good friend and I took in the Arizona Derby Dames bout on May 10. This was a bout that I promoted as a "Michi-chan MUST SEE" event and the "DD" in AZDD should mean "Dames Delivered". Now, I know that I did wrong by my friends on the Brutal Beauties to make the decision to wear my Scrapper skirt that night. But then again, I predicted the Scrappers to win (I will talk more about that later). Anyway, Red Rocker decides take things into her own hands and decides to take out a derby fan, me. Well honestly, Rocker and I planned this and it made a good show.